cleat

Example Sentences

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The collection included tailored pieces such as trousers, a suit jacket and a trench coat featuring the Nike swoosh, along with a slip-on mule resembling a football cleat.

From Reuters • Aug. 15, 2023

Johnston scored despite his right cleat being untied throughout the play.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 13, 2023

Dodgers: RHP Yency Almonte said he caught his cleat in a hole on the mound, hyperextending his right knee with two outs in the ninth.

From Washington Times • Aug. 12, 2023

Its second-leading hitter sliced her hand on the cleat of an opponent the same week — injuries that have loomed for the Wildecats just weeks before they’re set to begin the postseason.

From Washington Post • May 1, 2023

Freeman fiddled with a deck cleat and said nothing.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer